Ryoyu Kobayashi is back on top
Ryoyu Kobayashi
Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed his first Ski Jumping World Cup win after a long drought. The Japanese took his first win since December 29, 2019, when he won the 4-Hills opener in Oberstdorf, on Saturday in Zakopane (POL). Poland s Andrzej Stekala finished second, Marius Lindvik of Norway was third.
It was the 17th World Cup win for Ryoyu Kobayashi, the 24-year-old now tied with Noriaki Kasai. No male Japanese ski jumper has won more World Cups than these two. In heavy snowfall, Kobayashi came in just the tiny margin of 0.3 points ahead of Poland s Stekala. I m very happy that I could win today. The conditions were good despite the snowfall because there was less wind than in the last competitions. When I was jumping everything was okay. I hope that it will go that well for me again tomorrow , Kobayashi said after the competition.